Mixed media and drawing on paper. Charcoal, watercolor, pencil. This work is part of the series 'Portraits of women'. First I make a surface with watercolors and acrylics. I draw a portrait on the surface. Sometimes I edit the drawing even with a collage. There are also portraits in this series, where I put over a layer with a photograph that I made myself.
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…